[ASA] 2023 MIAPbP program "Stellar Astrophysics"

[Amanda Karakas]

Dear colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to and to encourage you to register
for the 2023 MIAPbP scientific program on Stellar astrophysics in the era
of Gaia, spectroscopic, and asteroseismic surveys.

The program will take place in Garching, in a vibrant scientific
environment of the Munich Institute for Astro- and Particle and BioPhysics
(MIAPbP), from 31 July to 25 August 2023.

The registration is open until 6 November 2022 and if you are interested in
participating we urge you to register without delay:
https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/JdDaCP7LAXf4PVmRmuzjqtU?domain=munich-iapbp.de

Note that attendance is by invitation only and is limited to 60-70
participants. Further information on the 2023 program series and MIAPbP in
general may also be found on the webpage: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/k8nuCQnMBZf6YZqpqSPrJWb?domain=munich-iapbp.de

MIAPbP requests a minimum attendance of 10 working-days and provides each
participant with a  80€ per diem for each day of participation. Postdocs
and advanced PhD students are highly welcome to register and the latter
may apply for an stipend up to 500 Euro to support their travel expenses
(in addition to the per diem).

More information on possible online participation will be published at a
later date. We kindly ask you to refrain from further enquiries on the
matter in the meantime.

DISCLAIMER: due to the rules of the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft),
which is MIApbP´s  funding agency, MIAPbP is unable to host scientists
employed in or by the Russian Federation until further notice. They are
still welcome to register, but their registrations will be treated as
tentative until further notice.

Please forward this email to anyone who might be interested to participate
in the meeting.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Garching in summer 2023!

Best regards,
Maria, Dan, Amanda, Saskia, Rolf together with the MIAPbP team



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*MIAPP Scientific Program 2023*
Stellar astrophysics in the era of Gaia, spectroscopic, and asteroseismic
surveys

When:  31.07.2023 - 25.08.2023

Where: Excellence Cluster Origins / MIAPP
Garching, Germany

Organisers: Maria Bergemann, Daniel Huber, Saskia Hekker, Amanda Karakas,
Rolf Kudritzki

*Science case:*
This MIAPP program will focus on theoretical and observational challenges
in the broad area of Stellar Astrophysics.

Over the past decade, the astronomical community has invested enormous
efforts to exploit major ground- and space-based facilities. The advent of
stellar spectroscopic surveys, such as Gaia-ESO, GALAH, and APOGEE, paved
the way for the large-scale analysis of the chemical compositions of
millions of stars. Time-domain photometry missions, such as CoRoT, Kepler,
and TESS, allowed detailed characterisation of the interior structure of
stars by asteroseismic techniques. Interferometric observations with VLTI
and CHARA provide new information about stellar diameters and the
circumstellar environment. With Gaia, stellar luminosities and radii
of millions of stars can now be derived. The upcoming facilities and
surveys, such as SDSS-V, 4MOST, PLATO, LSST, and JWST will revolutionize
the field with unique time-domain information, and an increase in sample
size by orders of magnitude.

The main challenge is to combine the large amount of high-quality
observations into a general coherent picture of the fundamental parameters
of stars and to position them within the context of theoretical stellar
structure and stellar evolution. The MIAPP program will assess the
state-of-the-art in the field and develop concepts for new strategies and
models to move towards the percent-level precision and accuracy in
diagnostics of stellar structure.

The program will bring together specialists in stellar astrophysics,
theorists as well as observers, who work on related and complementary
aspects of stellar physics. In particular, we will focus on the following
questions:
• What are the key unknowns in our understanding of stellar structure and
evolution?
• How do we combine the information from various types of surveys
(asteroseismic, spectroscopic, interferometric, astrometric) to learn about
stellar physics?
• How accurately and precisely can we determine fundamental stellar
parameters?
• Can we reduce our dependence on calibrations to observations, to make
stellar models more predictive?
• What new theoretical approaches could be used in conjunction with the
data to advance stellar modelling?
• What are the key discrete observational tests of theory?

This program will open numerous new opportunities for synergies and
collaboration, from the knowledge transfer on radiative transfer and
hydrodynamics (stellar atmospheres, stellar evolution models), to
developing new methods of pattern recognition in observations
(spectroscopy, asteroseismology), identifying the ways to implement complex
physical processes, such as multi-scale dynamics, into the models, and
relating these developments to other astrophysical disciplines, where
stellar parameters and stellar models are used.


*General information about MIAPP:*
https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/k8nuCQnMBZf6YZqpqSPrJWb?domain=munich-iapbp.de

The workshop will be funded and supported by the Munich Institute
for Astro- and Particle and BioPhysics (MIAPbP). MIAAP is an Aspen-like
institution and hosts a series of four-week workshops every year on topics
in astrophysics, biophysics, cosmology, nuclear- and particle physics.

A typical MIAPP workshop program consists of one or two seminars per day
and much time for informal discussions and actual work. Participants work
together in one building (on the Garching research campus close to ESO and
the two Max-Planck-Institutes) where they all have offices and desks. They
receive 80 Euros per day per diem and are expected to attend at least for
two weeks. Participants who are accompanied by their family with minor
children can receive additional support of 40 Euros per day.

If you wish to bring along a post-doc or student, please let us know, MIAPP
can cover the per diem for them too. For PhD students who wish to attend,
they can apply for one of five MIAPP fellowships, which pays 500 Euros
in addition to the per diem. Students who apply for a fellowship should
submit their CV and arrange for a letter of recommendation from their
supervisor.


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-- 
A/Prof.  Amanda Karakas
School of Physics and Astronomy
Monash University
Victoria 3800 AUSTRALIA
Ph:  +61 (0)3 9905 4446
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